What are the Downsides of Video Conferencing?

It is often thought that a business solution always comes with its own hosts of advantages and disadvantages. Yes, this is true. As a matter of fact, before you intend to make use of a particular business solution, it is important to allot some of your time acquainting yourself with all the downsides and upsides of it.

The use of a video conferencing (VC) solution also comes with its own sets of advantages and disadvantages. This time you will be learning both sides so that it will be much easier for you to decide at the end of the day.

The Upsides

Below is a list of the potential upsides or advantages of using a VC solution in your daily business operations and endeavors:

·         Prevents you from conducting too many trips locally or internationally. Thus, you can just conduct meetings and important discussions in your office or in your home.

·         Allows you conduct a meeting at any time of the day. You can just instruct the participants to meet up via VC on a particular time of the day, allowing you to set up a meeting in your most convenient time.

·         Be able to achieve better communication and presentation. Your VC system features texts and image data that allows you to further enhance your discussions and presentations. This makes it easier for the participants to understand what you wan to relay to them.

·         The use of a VC solution allows you to save much of your time that you can use to enhance your business or when you need to spend quality time with your loved ones.

·         Due to the favorable working environment VC has to offer, increased productivity is greatly achieved in the process.

·         And when enhanced productivity is achieved, increased return is also achieved along the way.

The Downsides

After learning about the advantages, you should also learn about the disadvantages or limitations of using a video conferencing solution.

·         There is no personal interaction achieved when you make use of a VC solution. In short, a VC solution is not enough to provide you with a meeting that allows you to do things like handshakes, embraces, tapping on shoulders, etc.

·         Be ready to experience technical problems like hardware failure, software problems and network issues when you make use of a VC solution.

·         Setting up a VC system can be very costly.

·         Every participant is forced to work in different time zones.

·         There is delay in the response of participant especially those that are located in other countries.

For more information please see this Video Audio Conferencing